I did not mean to give you a hard time and I appreciate your mentioning the little guys. I have just been frustrating explaining why a lot of the little guys I work with can't directly stream their works ( but hopefully they can "make up " for it by offering lifetime rights) and the extra run of rights issues.
On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 5:56 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jessica - > If tonality came off as harsh for not offering, then I apologize. The > intent was to cover things objectively as a "state of the union." > I agree with you 100% - and many of these smaller > distributers/producers/providers, etc. are favs of mine. On some accounts, > their mention was > something of a name drop to build awareness so that catalogs might be > checked out and awareness to them brought - as much as my article last year > discussed New Yorker Films who at that time was out of business (i wanted > to draw some attention to them, their catalog, and that). > To this extent, the ability to offer streaming isn't meant to be a > negative either - perhaps even viewed as a comment in its own right - and > meant to > for information purposes. > I too am a huge proponent of coming up with an approach that sidesteps a > big dog distributor (as content provider) and would like to see libraries > work with small companies in an effort to develop a model that, quite > efficiently, might eliminate such middle men - and remove them of some > "power." Whether that be through catalog access or a la cart style (title > by title) purchasing. > > ben > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jessica Rosner <[email protected]> > To: videolib <[email protected]> > Sent: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 5:35 pm > Subject: Re: [Videolib] Long article on streaming video on Library Journal > online > > Ben, > I think you are a bit hard on companies that "don't offer" streaming. Most > of the small companies you site don't likely have enough of market to set > up their own streaming system. In most cases they do offer streaming rights > for libraries that want to do it on their own system ( FYI I don't think > Kino Lorber offer direct streaming only rights but someone can correct me > on that). Rights issues can be particularly vexing for small companies > specializing in educational/ independent and especially foreign films. Old > contracts need to be redone in many cases and rights generally have a fixed > period for which the company can stream the film ( or do anything else). > Contracts expire and thus rights expire unlike the vast majority of studio > titles. For obvious reasons a small company that might have anywhere from > 50 to 500 titles in its collection has to have a different model than > studios or netflix with have tens or hundreds of thousands. > > Small companies are committed to working with libraries both public and > academic so their films can be seen & used at a reasonable price but tech > and rights issues are a problem. > > Regards > > Jessica > > On Tue, Dec 6, 2011 at 4:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Deg, >> >> As the author of that piece I wanted to thank you for agreeing with *most >> * of the article (we have that in common), and for also >> addressing educational aspects as part of the WHOLE media discussion - it >> is certainly an integral part of the picture, was considered as such, and >> will hopefully result in future coverage. Frankly, in this format, there >> was way too much to talk about. My research took many more factors into >> consideration and along those lines I easily could've added 5k more words >> of coverage, this, plus the fact that the topic is/was *so much *"in >> active development" due to constantly changing "this just in" information >> it often felt as though i was reporting on where a clock's second hand has >> been 5 minutes ago. So you go with what you can and attempt to put it and >> its context into perspective as best you can - even though there is always >> the fear that such live information might leap directly from your monitor >> into a bin of irrelevancy. The intent of this piece was more for, as you >> mentioned, entertainment purposes with a mind towards establishing base >> level education of how things work so that we might encourage and nurture >> elaboration on many different levels. This wasn't to slight. I'm pushing to >> get more of, well, EVERYTHING going on the topic (discussion, dialogue, >> camaraderie, support, interest, understanding, representation, conference >> presentations [physical and virtual], etc.) and i hope attention given to >> and stemming from works like this will help to do so. Let's keep it going. >> Thanks - Ben >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Deg Farrelly <[email protected]> >> To: videolib <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tue, Dec 6, 2011 3:47 pm >> Subject: [Videolib] Long article on streaming video on Library Journal >> online >> >> Here: >> http://www.libraryjournal.com/lj/newsletters/newsletterbucketljxpress/892497-441/still_loading__av_spotlight.html.csp >> >> I don't disagree with much of the article, but the focus is almost entirely >> on >> entertainment. I wrote a long, rambling comment, but so far I am the only >> one…. >> >> Join the fray! >> >> -deg >> >> >> -- >> deg farrelly >> Arizona State University >> P.O. Box 871006 >> Tempe, AZ 85287 >> Phone: 480.965.1403 >> Email: [email protected] >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues >> relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, >> preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and >> related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective >> working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication >> between >> libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> >> > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > [email protected] > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between > libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as > an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected]
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
